Rays To Acquire Alex Faedo

The Rays are going to acquire right-hander Alex Faedo from the Tigers, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN. Faedo had been designated for assignment by the Tigers last week when they signed Tommy Kahnle. The Rays are sending minor league catcher Enderson Delgado and cash to Detroit. The Rays have a full 40-man roster and haven’t yet finalized their deal with infielder Ha-Seong Kim, so they need to open a couple of roster spots.

Getting Faedo is a buy-low move for the Rays. The Tigers grabbed him with the 18th overall pick in 2017 and Baseball America ranked the righty as the #50 prospect in the entire league going into 2018.

But the big league results haven’t matched up to that prospect billing just yet. Faedo has thrown 175 2/3 innings for the Tigers over the past three seasons, allowing 4.51 earned runs per nine. His 20.9% strikeout rate and 9.7% have both been a bit below league average. He is now out of options and would have had a hard time holding a roster spot in Detroit all year, so he got bumped off.

More to come.